Spare-rim carrier and contractor.



J. A. SCOTT 6: C. CHRISTENSEN.

SPARE RIM CARRIER AND CONTRACTOR.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.2, 1912.

1 ,258,474 Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

WITNESS I INVENTORS J/Y. SCOTT J C.CHR'I5TN5EN THE/l? ATTORNEYS panying and UNITED STATES PATENT cur os.

CALIFORNIA; S

D CHRISTENSEN ASSIGNOR TO SAID SCOTT.

JESSE A. SCOTT, OF OAKiAND, AND CARL CHRISTENSEN, OF SAN FRANCISCQ,

SPARE-RIM CARRIER AND CONTRACTOR.

Specification of lietters Patent.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, Jnssn A. soon and CARL CHRISTENSEN, citizens of the United States, and residents, respectively, of the cityof Oakland, county of Alameda, and of the city and county of San Francisco, both. in the State of California, have invented a certain new and useful Spare-Rim Carrier and Contractor, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to devices which are attached to automobiles for carrying spare rims or spare rims with tires mounte thereon.

An object of the invention is to provide a combined spare rim carrier and rim tool for contracting and expanding split rim for the purpose of detaching tires therefrom or attaching tires thereto.

The invention possesses other advanta; geous features,- which, with the foregoing, willbo 'set'slbrth at length in the following description where we shall outline in full that form of the invention which we have sclect ed for illustration in the drawings accomforming-part of the present specification. In said drawings we have shown one specific form of our invention, but it is to be understood that we do not limit ourselves tosuch form, since the invention as expressed in the succeeding claim may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to said drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of the device of our invention with a spare rim and tire mounted thereon.

Fig. 2 isa cross section of the device taken on the line 2+2, Fig. 1

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 1. o

The majority of automobiles are rovided on the rear with a rack or carrier or spare rims and tires which is permanently attached to the frame or other part of the automobile. In accordance with our invention, we have provided a spare rim carrier which is so constructed that it. may be operated to contract and expand the rim to To.- cilitate removing a tire therefrom or attaching one thereto. The carrier is firmly and permanently attached to the automobile hat it affords stable support for the while it is being manipulated. 'The device comprises preferably a cross bar 2 of any suitable shape which is attached to the frame 3 of tlQ. automobile by brackets i or other suitable means, the arm being prefei abl so shaped that the middle portion 5 the 'eof lies at the center of the rim.

Screwed into the middle portion 5 of the arm is a bolt 6 provided with a head 7 and rotatably mounted on the bolt is a plate or element 8 havin an outer circular edge 9, eccentric to sai bolt. The plate is provided with a hexagonal or other suitab1yshaped boss 12 through which the bolt passes and which contacts with and is of the same shape as the bolt head 7. Surrounding the eccentric plate 8 is a strap 13 which is preferably formed integral with the arm 14, which is provided on its outer end with means for engaging the split rim 15. The arm 14 is preferably, but not-necessarily vertically disposed and engages the rim at such point that an outward movement ofthe arm will separate the ends of the rim at the split 16. One end of the arm 2 engages the rim at the other side of the split and preferably adjacent thereto, so that one end 17 of the rim is held rigid and the other end 18 is movable with respect thereto. The rim is provided on the end 17 with a seat 21 and on the end 18 with a tongue 22 which engages in the seat and prevents any relative radial movement ofthetwo ends of the rim. A third arm 23 pivoted to the arm 14 adjacent its inner end and clam ing the rim adjacent the end 18 is prefer-a ment of. the end 18 after it has been moved a suflicient distance to disengage the tongue *from its seat.

The ends of the arms are provided with shoulders 24.- on which the rim seats and with clamps 25 for securely locki the rim to the shoulders. The clamps and t e shoulders may be provided with lugs 26 which engage in depressions in the rim to prevent a movement of the rim with respect to the arms, but the grip of the clamps is usually sufficient to prevent such movement. The arms are preferably secured together so that they will retain their relative positions when 'a rim. is not on the holder, by a circular strip of thin metal 27, which is secured to the shoulders. This strip may not extend 1y used to cause a radial move around to the end of arm 23 so that this arm may be removed to improve the appearclock-wise direction rotating the eccentric,

to first raise the arm 14 and then move it toward the right. In being raised, the arm 14: raises the end 18 of the rim to disengage the latch thereon. The movement of the arm 11 to the ri ht produces a'corresponding movement of tie arm 23 and consequent/l3 a corresponding movement of the end 18' of the rim. A further movement of the co 'fntric lowers the arm 14 and consequentlfthe end 18 of the rim, placing such end in the position indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. The bolt 6 is preferably unscrewed about one-half a revolution. so that when the rim has been contracted as indicated, the bolt again seats and clamps the parts in the contracted position. The tire 28 may then be readily removed from the rim. A reversal of this operation, after the tire has been replaced, moves the parts to the position shown in Fig. i.

We claim:

1. In a spare split tirerim carrier for an tomobiles, means for supporting a split rim from a vehicle, and means co-actmg therewith for moving the ends of the rim out of I circular alinement while the rim is mounted on the carrier.

2. A spare split tire rim carrier for automobiles, comprising means permanently attached to the automobile for carrying the rim, and constructed to permit the ends of the. rim to be moved into overlapping relation and means coo fmratively related to the carrying means for moving the ends of the rim into overlapping relation and for moving them back into alinement while the rim is mounted on said carrying means.

3.- A spare split tire rim carrier for automobiles, comprising means permanently attached to the automobile for carrying the rim, and means cooperatively related to the carrying means for engaging the run for moving one end of the run into overlapping relation with the other end pf the rim while' the rim is mounted on the carrier.

4. The combination with an automobile,

of a contractible spare split tire rim carrier permanentl mounted thereon, and means cooperative y related to the carrier for contracting said rim to permit removal of the tire-while the rim'is mounted on said carrier.

, 5. A spare split rim carrier for automobiles, comprising a frame permanently attached to the automobile and engaging the rim, a movable arm engaging said frame and attached to said rim and means for moving said arm with respect to said frame.

6. A spare split rim carrier for automobiles, comprising aframe permanently attached to the automobile and engaging the rim, a circular, rotatable element eccentr1- cally mounted on said. frame, and an arm engaging. said rotatable element and secured to said rim.

7 A spare split rim carrier for automd biles comprising a frame permanently at: tached to the automobile and engaging the rim, a circular, rotatable element eccentri' cally mounted on said frame, an arm engagin said rotatable element and secured to said rim, and means for clamping said rotatable element tosaid frame.

8. A spare'split rini'carrier for automo- ,biles, comprising a frame permanently attached to the automobile and engaging the rim, an arm engaging the rimand said frame and being movable wlth respect to said frame and means for moving said arm.

-9. A spare split rim carrier for automo-.

biles, comprising a frame permanently attached to the automobile and engaging the rim, an arm engaging the rim at a point rcmote from the engagement of said frame and,

movably engaging said frame, means for moving said arm with respect to said frame. and another arm connecting said first-mentioned arm and therim adjacent the line of splitting. v

In testimony whereof, we have hereunto set our handset San Francisco, California, this 26th day of'December 1916.

- JESSE A. SCOTT.

CARL CHRISTENSEN. In the p sence of H.. G. Prom. 

